Neural development and stem cells /edited by Mahendra S. Rao. -- 2nd ed. -- Human Press, 2006. -- (59.59/N494Z/2nd ed.)

Contents

Contents:

1.       Defining neural stem cells and their role in normal development of nervous system  1

2.       Neural stem cells in the adult brain: implications of their glial characteristics  29

3.       Cellular and molecular properties of multipotent neural stem cells throughout ontogeny  49

4.       Multipotent stem cells in the embryonic nervous system  67

5.       Regulation of neural stem cell death 97

6.       Neuronal progenitor cells of the mammalian neonatal anterior subventricular zone  123

7.       Glial restricted precursors  143

8.       PNS Precursor cells in development and cancer  189

9.       Stem cells of the adult olfactory epithelium  219

10.   Retinal stem cells  235

11.   Transdifferentiation in the nervous system  249

12.   Neural progenitor cells of the adult human brain  267

13.   Embryonic stem cells and neurogenesis  299

14.   Mobilizing of neural precursors in the adult central nervous system  343

15.   Neural stem cells and transplant therapy: Intrinsic programs and clinical applications  371